Air traffic: BER operators expect a loss of 350 million euros

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BER operators expect a loss of 350 million euros

The new BER airport has been in operation for a year. Photo: Christoph Soeder / dpa

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For this year, the Berlin-Brandenburg airport company expects a group loss of 350 million euros. But the minus is around 50 million euros less than planned.

One year after it went into operation, the new BER airport in the capital is deep in the red.

A group loss of 350 million euros is expected for this year, as stated in a report by the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport Company to the Federal Ministry of Transport, which is available to the German Press Agency. However, the minus is around 50 million euros less than planned. From July to October it was therefore possible to generate a plus in ongoing business.

All airports are facing economic difficulties due to the collapse in passenger numbers in the corona pandemic. BER is also burdened by high debts from the long construction and renovation period of the airport; it went online last autumn nine years late.

The airport company is pressing for a partial debt discharge by the states of Berlin and Brandenburg as well as the federal government as the owner. According to this, around 2.4 billion euros will be required by 2026. This means that the company will be able to raise fresh money on the capital market again in 2026; otherwise it will only be possible in the 2030s, the report says.

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